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Avery Bradley not expected back with Rockets

According to several reports, the Houston Rockets are expected to decline the option of guard Avery Bradley, who came over to the team this past season along with Kelly Olynyk in the Victor Oladipo deal.

Bradley would be due $5.9 million should the team decided to exercise the team option year of his contract, and that’s simply way too much money for a rebuilding team to pay a soon-to-be 31-year-old guard.

This was initially reported by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and then picked up by several outlets, including Yahoo Sports and USA Today.

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